Programming thin sheets, or 2D materials, to morph into 3D shapes can enable new technologies for soft robotics, deployable systems, and biomimetic manufacturing, which produces synthetic products ...

One of the works spotlighted is Mesh R-CNN, a method that’s able to predict three-dimensional shapes from images of cluttered and occluded objects. Above: Mesh R-CNN converts 2D objects to 3D ...

3D shapes can be made from 2D shapes called nets. Watch the video to learn how 3D shapes, such as a cube, can be created from nets, an arrangement of 2D shapes. Let's talk about nets. More ...

Learn how to spot 2D and 3D shapes in the world around you with this lesson for children aged 5 to 7 from BBC Bitesize - The Regenerators.

Technology Robots These 2D machines can shapeshift into moving 3D robots Mori3's triangular, modular design allows it to fuse with its companions, and could one day make it into space. By Andrew Paul ...

Apart from carrying the information to encode proteins in, RNA molecules can adopt intricate 2D and 3D structures.

One of the ways the Fieler kindergarten teachers reinforce both 2D & 3D shapes is through songs & videos. They like to use the songs and videos by “Harry Kindergarten” called “These are the ...

“At about €17 per kilo, its dirt cheap”, said Prof Zadpoor. “Nevertheless, we created some of the most complex shape-shifting ever reported with it.” A paper - Programming 2D/3D shape-shifting with ...

By 2017, Yao and Wang were producing edible 2D films of protein, cellulose, or starch. The films morphed into 3D shapes as they absorbed water such as pasta shapes (macaroni and rotini in this ...